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The iPhone 18 Pro costs under $200 if you switch to T-Mobile, bring your number and sign up for the Experience Beyond plan. The iPhone 18 Pro Max is $1,000 off if you trade in an eligible phone, in any condition, on the same plan. The offer was listed October 25.\n\nThe savings do not come off the price at the register. They are spread as monthly credits over a 36-month payment plan. If you leave T-Mobile before the three years are up, you are charged the remaining balance. At checkout you also pay local sales tax on the phone's full retail value, plus a standard $35 device connection fee per line.\n\nThat changes what \"practically free\" means. The headline price is real only for a customer who plans to stay, and the upfront cost is higher than the sticker suggests because tax is calculated on the undiscounted phone. The roundup behind the deal said carrier offers are \"probably your best bet\" right now, which holds up only if the carrier is one you would keep anyway.\n\nThe sharper comparison is between the two offers. The Pro deal rewards people willing to move their number, while the Pro Max deal rewards people with an old phone to hand in. Neither is a plain price cut, and the cost of leaving early is the figure worth checking before you sign.","[\"apple\",\"iphone\",\"t-mobile\",\"deals\"]","2026-10-25T09:00:00.000Z","2026-10-25T10:08:18.974Z","2026-11-08T00:03:56.266Z","published","Delete the unsupported claim 'The offer was listed October 25', because the source gives no date and only says 'this weekend', and keep everything else tied to the source (the Duo paragraph is gone and the 'probably your best bet' quote is now accurate).",[24,30,34,38],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the closing line 'What the source does not say...', which refers to the source and reads as meta-commentary, and either drop the unverifiable 'iPhone Duo' foldable claim or support it independently; also cut the speculative motive claims ('retention tool', 'The timing fits too') that the source doesn't back, state the base prices so 'under $200' and '$1,000 off' reconcile, and end on a real concluding sentence.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Fix two internal contradictions: the line that the Pro's switch requirement buys a 'bigger apparent discount' conflicts with both phones being $1,000 off, and 'the exit cost grows with every credit you have yet to receive' misdescribes the mechanics, since the forfeited balance shrinks as credits are paid out. 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